Introducing--- Johanna Patrice!

Johanna Patrice was born on May 28, 2008 at Pangasinan Medical Center, Dagupan City via caesarian operation. There was no other choice then; my water bag broke at 2 am, and after 12 hours of having been induced, my cervix did not open so they really had to slice me off. :)

Anyway, I have started taking notes of her development on January 30, 2010; I regret that I started it so late because her developments are on fast track.

JULY: It was the grand finals of Philippine Idol on GMA 7; that was July, 2008. My husband was watching in our room while watching over our two-month old baby. Then suddenly, Isha hummed as she heard one of the contestants singing! From there, she would hum whenever she would hear someone singing. She would even hum herself to sleep. (Now at four years old, she loves to sing. She easily memorizes the songs she hears on tv.)

AUGUST: She was able to turn to her side in the early part of August.

OCTOBER: She started crawling, and surprisingly, it was at this point when I found out that she loves browsing books. (Now at four, she's already a reader and books are her favorite "toys".)

She started using the walker in February 2009 but she learned to walk on her own in June of 2009. It was so hard to let her do it on her own for fear that she might hurt herself. But she did it. She just surprised us one night, when she stood up and took a few steps. We were just so happy.


She learned  to talk at SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS. She could tell anyone what her name is. Although,  she would struggle to say the syllables DA-DA-DI and MA-MA-MI. She said "mik" for milk and never "mamam". I remember she could even say the word "bath" even before she turned nine months. And other words like nose, lolo, lola and so many others.